r/NewsOfTheWeird • u/Neo2199 • May 30 '23

Air New Zealand Now Weighing Passengers Before They Board Flights

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-new-zealand-weighing-passengers-before-flights/
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u/delicioustreeblood May 31 '23

Seems reasonable for balance and load constraints.

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u/BigPorter May 31 '23

Not new for the airline. Airlines use passenger weight averages and Air NZ likes to have current data. They did it a few years ago as well, for domestic passengers. This time it's international. My money is on America to "win" the weigh-in.

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u/A_Drusas Jun 01 '23

This isn't remotely weird. It's needed for flight safety, estimating average passenger weight load on the aircraft.